Editorial
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Coarse phishing with Emerald: responses to fraudulent and predatory websites
Thomas Swindells, Senior Research Integrity Manager at Emerald Publishing, writes about recent phishing attacks and how to tackle the problem by being pro-active and working to remove scam sites and educate authors. Thomas is a passionate advocate of professional scepticism, the need to uphold the integrity of the publication process and the future scholarly landscape,…
UKSG news
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UKSG Conference first timer, Nataliia Kaliuzhna, looks back at her experience in Brighton
Over the course of three days, the conference offered a rich blend of insightful presentations on pressing topics in scientific communication, thought-provoking panel discussions, and, of course, invaluable opportunities to reconnect with colleagues and forge new professional connections.
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Speak at UKSG 2026 in Glasgow!
A critical part of our strategic vision is that UKSG will represent the diversity of the global knowledge community. Our annual conference should reflect a variety of perspectives and backgrounds – and we particularly want to encourage and include those from under-represented communities.
Forthcoming Events
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UKSG Introduction to E-Resources
This two-part online event has been adapted from UKSG’s successful and long-running one-day seminar and aims to present a practical introductory overview of all aspects of e-resources management, encompassing e-journals, e-books and bibliographic and full-text databases.
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UKSG Uncovered
Introducing our new event: UKSG Uncovered!
Industry news
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Wiley and Perplexity announce new AI search partnership
With the agreement, Wiley becomes Perplexity’s first education partner, creating new pathways for educational institutions to interact with trusted scholarly resources through AI search.
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Over 100 institutions and funders confirm recognition of eLife papers despite absence of Impact Factor
More than 100 academic institutions and research funders worldwide have affirmed that publications in eLife remain valid for hiring, promotion, and funding decisions, following the journal’s shift away from using the Journal Impact Factor.
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Digital Science to support US government libraries through new FEDLINK partnership
Federal Library and Information Network (FEDLINK) to benefit from world-leading research data and analytics tools
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67 Bricks develops new agentic AI research assistant for proprietary content
This offers an alternative to the public tools released by Anthropic, OpenAI, et al, which require content to be publicly available to take advantage of this functionality.
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Emerald Publishing acquires Now Publishers
Founded in 2004, now publishers is a leading source of academic content, publishing research monographs, journals and Foundations and Trends® (FnT) with strengths in the areas of Business, Economics, Computer Science and Engineering.
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Duke University Press to publish open access monographs through MIT Press’s Direct to Open (D2O)
The partnership between Duke University Press and the MIT Press will begin in 2026, expanding the reach of quality open access scholarship through Direct to Open
Resources
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Scottish Universities Press unveils new innovative open access textbook programme for 2025
UP is a collaborative initiative, supported by a consortium of 20 Scottish Confederation of University and Research Libraries (SCURL) member institutions.
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Introducing Copim Compass
The Compass draws many of the available resources into one place and organises them into helpful sections.
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Project MUSE and the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum launch new landmark initiative
Project MUSE, a division of Johns Hopkins University Press, in collaboration with the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, has announced a new landmark in the Museum’s longstanding Encyclopedia of Camps and Ghettos, 1933–1945 (ECG) series: ECG volumes I-IV are now fully searchable, open access digital publications freely available to everyone around the world.
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C4DISC releases Guidance for Professional Membership Communities
Dozens of community members came together to share knowledge, identify priorities, and begin work on needed resources.
People
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eNews 587 People
Major changes at Kudos, Küster re-joins Springer plus changes at SPARC, Yale University Press and Project MUSE
Awards
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Sage named Academic and Professional Publisher of the Year at Independent Publishing Awards
Hosted by the Independent Publishers Guild, the awards celebrate the achievements of the independent publishing sector in the UK and Ireland.
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eLife recognized for metadata leadership in inaugural Crossref awards
The awards, launched to celebrate exemplary metadata practices among Crossref members, support Crossref’s broader initiative to build the Research Nexus—an open, interconnected network that improves the discoverability, traceability, and reuse of scholarly outputs. eLife was recognized in the metadata excellence category for consistently high levels of metadata completeness across its publications.